General Mining Act of 1872

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Bureau_of_Land_Management
gptkbp:allows	claim staking citizens to prospect for minerals patenting of mining claims
gptkbp:appliesTo	public domain lands hardrock minerals
gptkbp:citation	17 Stat. 91
gptkbp:codifiedIn	30 U.S.C. §§ 22–42
gptkbp:compatibleWith	gptkb:coal gptkb:oil gptkb:gasoline salable minerals
gptkbp:dateEnacted	May 10, 1872
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Mining Act of 1872
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:purpose	regulate mining of mineral resources on federal public lands
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Surface_Mining_Control_and_Reclamation_Act_of_1977 gptkb:Federal_Land_Policy_and_Management_Act_of_1976
gptkbp:replacedBy	Mining Law of 1866 Placer Act of 1870
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:status	still in effect
gptkbp:subjectOf	reform proposals environmental criticism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_federal_public_land_legislation gptkb:Mining_Law_of_the_United_States gptkb:United_States_federal_lands
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7